Emergency Outage Cuts 911 Services in Mississippi and Louisiana

911 services restored after outages in Louisiana, Mississippi

KEY TAKEAWAYS: 911 systems in Louisiana and Mississippi went down Thursday AT&T confirmed fiber line damage caused the outage Services were restored by late afternoon, officials said Local agencies shared alternative emergency contact numbers 911 systems across Mississippi and Louisiana are back online after going down Thursday afternoon, an AT&T spokesperson said. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said AT&T was reporting damage …

911 outage impacts local agencies

Local 911 operations were left without emergency phone service Thursday afternoon after damaged AT&T fiber optic lines led to an outage of 911 across the state of Mississippi.

911 Lines Restored in Mississippi, Louisiana

Across Mississippi and Louisiana 911 systems are back online after going down Thursday afternoon, an AT&T spokesperson said.

Here's what you need to know about the statewide 911 emergency system outage

On Thursday, Louisiana and Mississippi saw an outage with the 911 emergency system. Here's what happened.

Widespread 911 Outages Hit Two Red States * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Anthony

This is sure bringing panic. Mississippi and Louisiana experienced widespread 911 emergency calling system outages on Thursday. The outages have impacted major cities such as New Orleans and Jackson. An initial investigation by New Orleans authorities revealed that the outages stemmed from severed fiber optic cables. CNN reported more on the outages: Louisiana and Mississippi are experiencing widespread outages of 911 emergency calling systems,…

911 service restored after multistate outage caused by cut fibers

"There's no indication it was malicious," Orleans Parish Communication District Executive Director Karl Fasold said.